Dispensing spout



Oct. 21, 1930. c. E. SCHINDLER DI SPENS ING SPOUT Filed June 15. 1929 Patented Oct. 2 1,

CHRISTIAN 7E.- scHINDLEn, or nAnNEsvILLE, MINNESOTA V DISPENSING srootr,

Application filed June 13,

to be attached to a bin at the pointof delivery,said spout including,,in its structure,v a normally closed valve which can be manipulated readily for permitting the delivery;-

1 adapted to be detachably engaged by the forked end 14 of a lever 15. By placing this i of material in desired quantities. With the foregoing and otheriobjects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of partsand in the details of construction hereinafter dei scribed and claimed,-it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the in- I vention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is'claimed, without de-.

' therefor.

parting'from the spirit ofthef invention.

2 In the accompanyingzdrawingsthe preferred form of the invention has been shown; In said drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the spout, a portion of the bin to which it is attached being shown in section. I 7 Figure 2 is a section on line '22, Figure 1, one of the positions of the valve, when open, being-indicated by broken lines;

Figure 3 is adetail view of anactuating lever for the valve. v i y 'Referring to the figuresbycharacters of reference, 1 designates an inclined spout formed of wood, metal,jor any other suit- ;able material, having oppositely extending wingsjQfat its upper end adapted' tobe-secured by bolts 3 or the liketo a wall of a storage bin 13.; This bin has an outlet 0 through which material is, free to flow" into' the spout as shownparticularly in FigureQ, The lower or free ends of'the sides of the spout are connected by'a cross strip 4 and an upper cross strip 5. That'portion of the spout nearest the wings 2 is closed at the top w as shown at 6 in addition to being clo'sedat I thesides and bottomf A space 7 is'left between this closed top face andthestripe and through this space extends a gate 8 hingedly connected to the top'6: asshownat 9..'fAn

arm 10 is extended upwardly fromfthegate and is conneotedby a coiled spring-11 tothe action ofthe spring 11'; -This will allow a What is claimed'is: m I 7 A delivery spout for attachment to the out let portion of a storage bin or the like,saidf 5 extending therefrom, a yielding connection betweenthe arm and lower end of the spout: for holding the gate normally clo sed against; a

the top and bottom of thespout, a laterally 1929. Serial No. 370,572,

strip 5,-thisspring serving to eizert a constant pull on the armand hold the gate 8-normally closed against the adjacent end ot the top I Gandagainstthe bottom of the Spout.

Another'arin l2-isextended laterally be,- yondcthe gate and constitutes a continuation of 'atransverse reinforcing strip 13' secured to the upper portion of the gate. Arm 12 is lever in engagement-with the arm the gate 8.

by broken lines inFigure-Q/ and against the portionofthe contents of the bin to gravitate single lever 15 as, this can be carried from 3,-" place to place and. applied to the arm 12 of g I I the-gate tobe opened, I j The entire structure is'very simple,'com'- pact, and eflicient,and is advantageousbe g" t, 7 cause it can be erected'easily and will keep? 1);] the spouttightlylclosed under normal con-i ditions.

spout being inclineddownwa rdly toward one end, means extending from th Qther end of the spout for attachment .to astorage bin or the like,the upper-portion of the spout being closed at the top, sides. and bottom, and the? lower portion of said spout being open at the ,7 V I p top and bottom but'closed across its -Vend',.a gate hingedly connectedto the 'top,'an arm extending arm carried bythe gate,iand means detach ably engaging the laterally" extending from the spout through an opening'16 be--) f a S g g the gate against the action. 9

of the spring, thereby to open the gate into the open top portion of the spout for deflecting material escaping through the spout into. the open bottom portion of saioi spout. V

5 In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature.

"oHmsTmiN 2.; SCHINDLER. 

